Raising Hope: New FOX Sitcom; Cancel or Keep It?

FOX has a new family comedy, Raising Hope, on their schedule but it’s certainly nothing like ABC’s The Modern Family. How did it do in the ratings? Big numbers or immediate cancellation danger?

Raising Hope follows a young pool-cleaner (Lucas Neff) who becomes a father after a one-night stand with a female fugitive. The rest of the cast includes Garrett Dillahunt, Martha Plimpton, Shannon Marie Woodward, Skyler Stone, Bijou Phillips, and Cloris Leachman.

The sitcom debuted on Tuesday night at 9pm to an average 3.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.3 million total viewers. It was in third place in both categories. That’s pretty good, especially considering the competition in that timeslot.

However, it’s not so positive when you consider how much of its lead-in audience that Raising Hope lost. At the end of the season premiere episode of Glee, FOX had a 6.0 rating in the demo and 13.5 million viewers. Raising Hope lost nearly half of that audience.

What do you think of Raising Hope?

What’s more, the sitcom lost 10% of its viewers halfway through the show. Those people probably won’t be back to watch future installments. It also doesn’t help that the sitcom that followed it, Running Wilde, is doing much worse.

While the numbers for Raising Hope might be good enough on their own, FOX is surely not pleased that it lost so many lead-in viewers.

The show’s future will ultimately be determined by how well it performs in the coming weeks. Right now, things don’t look good.

What do you think? Did you watch Raising Hope? Is it enjoyable? Will you watch or should it be cancelled already?

I love this show!!!!! I have watched it from the start
This one needs to be saved, there are many others that Need to be taken off the tube. We need more sitcoms that mean something. Please no more reality shows, like everything else , the tv networks have overdone it on those also. A few good family shows, comedy’s, action, drama.
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I for one love this show I have watched all of the first season on Netflix. I hope they bring it out again I’m looking foward to it and can’t wait. I have watched alot of tv shows but this one is the comedy of the year. I have never laughed so hard in my life at a tv show as I have with Raising Hope. This one is for sure a keeper. I will be devistated if they take it away . I hate geting into a show and then it get cancelled. I even got my husband to… Read more »

I just found out about Raising Hope on Netflix. I am now looking on the net for info on it. I hope I have not found it to late to add my support. Im not a comedy fan. more horror but this show is GREAT! I have been bored with T.V. for a awhile and have been wishing something great would come along. Not only is it highly entertaining but I am LMAO constantly and find myself recapping the jokes for friends and family. Hope I find in my searching after this review it has not been canceled and there… Read more »

Not only do I wait for Tuesday nights, this show is the talk of the office the next day. The characters are just too believeable! I don’t know how the ratings are calculated but there should be a way to count those of us who choose not to use cable or internet.

I love this show its so funny. I love everyone in it and the baby who plays hope is so adorable. If it got canceled I would really cry. So I really hope it doesn’t get canceled PLEASE KEEP IT ON THE AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS SHOW!!!! I absolutely love it and am turning all my friends and family on to it! Told my manager at work today and we spent the last 2 hours of work watching different scenes to the show on the computer (shhh…don’t tell our boss..)and laughing our asses off. MY manager kept thanking me for turning her on to this show. She immediately ordered on Netflix season 1 for us to watch at lunch next week. I repeat…YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS SHOW ON THE AIR!!! People are just finding out about it…just like Seinfeld…it takes… Read more »

KEEP IT!! Really looked forward to seeing this on Tuesday night – reminds me of hill street blues and homicide – life on the streets – where the same actor in dtw 187 was in –
Can;t believe they are thinking of cancelling it – not a fan of “V” – don’t understand that at all – Well, just hope I get to see it again – SOON!